Safe construction



Oct. l0, 1933.- w. c. MILLER SAFE CONSTRUCTION Filed June 6, 1932 4 Sheets-She't 1 Oct. 10, 1933.` w, C, MlLLER 1,929,558

SAFE CONSTRUCTION Filed June e. 1952 4 sheets-sheet 2 Oct. 10,1933. w. c. MILLER SAFE CONSTRUCTION 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed June 6, 1952 Oct. l0, 1933. w c, MlLLER 1,929,558

SAFE CONSTRUCTION Filed -June 6. 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented oci. 1o,v `1933Y @1,929,558 i SAFELQONSQRUCTRQN. wiiliam o. Min-er'. canton, ohimassigrgpr .to

' Y Diebold Safe 65 of @hic Lock CompayQa ,corporation ..1

. Appleman gunde, 1932. serialize 515,699'

s oiaims.. (C1. icoi) v The invention relates to safe construction and Vparticularly to=a sa-erorrnoney-chest in which "the daily receipts of stores, gas fillingstations,

y etc., may be placed" temporarily for safekeeping.'

'A safe or vmoney-chest of this type is shown in my Vco-p'enfeling app1ication,=Serial No. 511,893..

led JanuaryA 28, 1931. Y

One form yofthe present invention is embodied n ina'devceof the-kind describedwhichscomlfjrises ablock of concrete which .is of such Asize that" it cannot' be. removed ureadily ,from the g premises in which' `it'is'insta1led..- .Embeddedin the eoncrete blocl` are-ftWo/f containers, .one of I e .same-Ime aSaEis. :1,

which has a Vdoor-opening vaccessiblefromene face Vof the vblock and the .otherof ywhich has a Ndooreopening accessible from vanotifier face'of the block. One container is preferably. a heavy- Walled casting, the` other container being'fabrikeys-if the closure member is to be locked todor unlocked lfr ornthe vheavy-Walled container. .One o f the keys -is retained on the premises,V kthe 'other being preferablyjin the possession vof some agency Vwhich collects the money Ydeposited kin theheavy-walledcontainer and deposits it ina loa'nk'f-k The fabricated 4)container `is adaptedto i rholda supply of Vchange for f'doingbusiness, and also coupons orother valuables, vthe fabricated v v container being vprovided vvvi-th'a closuremember .5&

which iscontrolled byfa. single key retained on Y Y f f '1 vforrnedin'a'slieet metalshell B; C`, a moneyrthe premises.

I "The constructionY of the improved device -islA suchtjhat it islirnpossible foru'nauthorized persons togain access to the contents'ofthelieavy' Walled container during the shorttime they would have at their'dispos'al during airaid or holdup. 4-The heavyevvalled container and the 'e closure member -thereforare'vprovided with hardened steel members which prevent YunauthorizedA persons from destroyingfthelockfon this ciosure member by drilling intofit. Thel closure Yniembers for both ofthe containers are'provided with auxiliary locking devices which lock the closure members totheir respective containers if therespective locks are displaced irom'the closure f members -by h ammering upon them through Vkeyholes in `the closure members'. Y

fioiiowingdetailedfdescrption iproefessesfrefr.-

ence. being had to fthe.'pacco,rrlrlarlvime .drawings wherein .Fig... 1..is e vertieelseption takenihreush a device,- 'the .besegb'eing broken aivayf .Fis-` i. is an enlarged .Section taken. 'Online of Fig( 2- ,L

Fis-5r isy .an .enlarged section t .en 0n .the

but-,showing .the moneyzchest 4in section. 1

l Q therdvantaees Will-.becomeepper-nt'as the;

devewhichembodies the nventonfthemQileyf chest proper being shoyvn in .elevation Fiel' 21S .a front .elevation 0f thimpmved of Figs;

Fiel/'isis'.esection teken en lthe .Same 1.11.18' as Fia .6, but shoe/insa; closure member `ior .the

,'.i' V, r Referring .to the drawings ,wherein a zrnollel.-v

.chestembodying a ,preferred Yo rm y of the invenvtionis shown,. A designates a .blockgof vconcrete chest vproperivvhich is .embeddedinthe v concrete block- A; 12D, .a compart'ment lin 'the moneyrchfest), 4normally .closed by.a.c1osure member E;. andF, aj

compartment in theimoney-.chest .normally closed.v

.by `a"c1|osur.e:member G.

. .The concrete :block nA may beofany .suitable size. V4Iteis preferablyplacedupon .the loorof .therooin .in 'which the .improved deyicejgs-.to

stand ,and 'it .should beisu-flicientlyfheavy sothat it cannot be readily removed irom, l the. room. The block A may b eormedin Vtlfxeroomby pouring concrete into the shell B .or .the .device1.may l `Abe ycompletely'assembledY'before it is .shipped ...to Y

lits destination. Y

The money-.chest.(31 comprises .a heavy .walled container 10'preferablyformedzfrom cast,. ste.e1.

l wall for the closure member E. The money- "the money slot 20 is a lug 22.

t and 14).

chest C also comprises a container 12 formed or a cylindrical metallic member 13 to the ends o which plates 14 and 15 are welded. 1n this instance, the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical member 12 is disposed horizontally and the plate 14 forms the back Wall of the compartment F,`

the front wall of the compartment F being formed by the plate 15 which is provided with a door opening 16 normally closed by the door G.

The plate l2 is preferably formed from hardened steel so that one cannot drill through it into the compartment D. The containers l0 and 12 are .of such conformation that they are anchored in the concrete block A and cannot be'removed therefrom without substantially complete destruction of the block. As a further safeguard, steel rods 18 arepreferably welded to the Yplate 14 andthe cylindrical member 12.l The rods 118 project through the concrete and anchor the container 12 therein.

The container 10 is provided with an aperture "or money slot 2O which is alined with an aperture or money slot 21 provided in the plate 14.

Formed integral with the container 10 and projecting inwardly from its wall directly beneath The-.lug 22 prevents one from inserting instruments into the compartment D from the compartment V F to extract money from the compartment D. It'will be readilyunderstood, however, that money or other valuables may be deposited in the'compart- 'ment D through the money slot 20 from the compartment F. I

The container 10 is providedwith integral lugs 24 in the door opening 1l. (SeeFigs. 5', 7, 13 As best shownin Figures 6 and 17, a pair of stop pins 24a andl 24h rare also provided in the door opening l-l. The pins 24a and 24D yproject upwardly from an annular flange l10b formed integralV with the container l0.

The door or closure member E comprises a laminated plate 25 of chromium steel or any other drill-,proof metal vor alloy. Secured tothe bottom surfacevof the laminated plate 25 by screws 26 is a steel plate 27 and secured tothe bottom surface of the steel plate 27 is a steel plate v28, the plate 28l being provided Awith integral diametrically disposed lugs 29 which cooperate with the lugs 24 to lock the closure member E to the container 10. It will be noted that the heads of the screws 26 are countersunk into `the bottom surface of the plate 27 and that thev Shanks. project through the plate25. vThe upper ends of the screws 26 are flush with the upper surface of the plate 25 and are welded to the vplate25 as shown at 25a. The screws 26 are preferably formed from hardened steel..

When the closure member E is being brought intoits closed position, the lugs 29 are turned to the positions in which they are illustrated in Fig. 7 so that they will pass downwardly between the lugs 24. `The closure member is then angularly displaced to bring the lugs 29 into the' positions wherein they are shown in Figs. V5 and 6 so-that theyY lie directly rbeneath thelugs 24. The closure member E may be locked inthis position by means comprising a lock 32 secured i .by screws 33 to the` bottom surface ofthe plate 36 projects.. .The upper end of the pin 36is screw threaded into a locking bolt 37 slidably `the plates 27 and 25.

The lock 32 comprises a bolt 34` having an,

It will be noted that the plate 28 is provided with a slot 40 for the pin' 36. When the lock 32 is in its locked condition, the bolt 34 is extended as illustrated in Fig. 12 so that the bolt 37 projects into a recess V42 formed in a hardened steel plugr 43. The hardened steel plug 43 is mounted in a bore 45 formed inthe container 10, the plug 43 being provided with a shoulder 47 which engages a shoulder 46 formed in the bere `45. The shoulders 47 and 48 prevent the plug from being driven inwardly.

`slotted as at 55 to accommodate one'oi" the .lugs 29 which projects into the plug 43 -whenthe closure member E is lockedl in its closed posi- The lock 32 requires the use of two keys for its operation. One of these keysis kept jinthe store, or thelikawhere the device is placednandV the other key is preferably retained by one who calls at regular intervals to collectthe money deposited in the compartment D. The lock cannot bemanipulatedby either key alone.l Ifhe lockisprovided with a lock nose 55 for onekey and a, lock nose 56 forv the other key. The

noses 55 and 56 are protected by hardenedY steel,

bushings 57 and 56, respectively, which are rotatably mounted in the plate 28 and have extensions 57a and 56a which extend up through The `extensions 57d and 58a are' provided with Vkey-holes 60 and 61, respectively, which may be alined with corresponding key-holes providedin the noses 55 and 56. The key-holes in the extensions 57a and 58d are alined withtherkey-holes in the noses 575 auxiliary bolt 65Y to be displaced into a position wherein its outer end projects from the plate 28 betweenthe lugs l29. (See Figs. 6 and 11).

thereon, the lock 32 will be'forced from its position on the bottom Ysurface of the plate 28. VSuch displacement of 'the lock 32 will cause an The means foractuating the auxiliary bolt 65W' v comprise a compression spring 66 disposedpin the bottom end of a bore 67 formed in the plate 26,7the bolt: 65 `being slidably journaled in this bore. The bolt 65 is provided with an annular groove 68 into which a pin`69 projects, thepin g 69 being iixed to the lock 32.` Ifthe lock 32 is driven downwardly from the bottom surfaceV of l in Fig. v, it will be readily understood that the.

outer end of the bolt 65' will then be disposed beneath a lug 24 and will prevent the closure member rE from being'lifted bodily froml the opening 11. Thebolt 37 (zo-operates with the auxiliary bolt to some extent. Thus, it -the lock 32 is driven from the plate 23, the bolt 34 will creases slip off of fthe 'bottom enclfof thefpin-- 36 and the bolts? willftendto remain in its "10emel pesi; tiornjr However, iffthe concreteblock A were tipped bodily so that the bolt' 37-fwould drop back V into its; retracted position, the "closure vv'member E would stillbe locked'to the*cicntairierf' theclosure' member Gfis'in its 'closed position.

iofbytheauxmary boasts-Q'- Y ,stop "pins 124e andi- 24h cooperate` with the lugs29 to rlimit angular displacement ofthe bringthe lugs A29 into or 'out of f thek positions wherein they lie beneath1 the'flugs 24'-, Whenthe closure member E has'fbeen broughtjinto its vclosed position, one` of the lugs 29" abuts-'against far 'ine-pie k241 as iimsiratedjm 'rige Tween-che closure member is "rotated out cf-'its closed po-v 'sitionj'into ,position whereinfitfmay be lifted from. the openingfll, the otherl'ock'fZQ abuts against the. pin'2li-a:iiee Figi 7).-` The closure member E, is provided with a handlev'72 which' islp'ivote'd on pins 73 projecting from lugs 74, the lugs 74 being provided with screwI threaded rShanks v'75 which fare screw threaded. in the laminated platef25. (See Fig.

A). The recess 78 is provided in the .plate 27 beneath each of the Shanks 75'. Ahardened steel ball 77 disposed in the recess prevents one fromchilling through the plates 27 and 28 if the lug 74 is removed.r I

Asbest shown in Figs. 2 and 3,'the door or closure member G is secured byscrews SGtca plateV 81 pivoted on a vpin 82 which extends bel tween posts 83 mounted on theplate 15. `The posts 83 are secured to the plate 15 by bolts 84. The free end of the door G is provided witha handle 85. Y

The door G comprises a metal disc 87 havingV frustro-.conical surfaces 88.v and 89v which are separated from each other by an annular shouln f der 90 formed on the disc. The frustro-conical surface 88 is engageable with a similarsurface '92 formed in the plate i5 and theshoulder 90 is adapted to rest upon an annularshoulder 94 formed inthe plate 15.

A lock 95 mountedin a vslot`95t1fformed in the bottom surface of the disc 87 comprises Va bolt 96 to which the lower end of a pin 97 is are retracted so that the door. G may be swung open around its pivotal axis.

As best shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the bolt 100 andA the bar 101 are slidably journaled in the slot 95a. The bolt is provided'with a plurality of bores 104 which are alined with bores 105'formedfin the bar 101.

100 to its locked condition and yieldingly urge the bar 101 into a position wherein it will abut against a pin 108 projecting from the disc 87. Normally, the pin 97 preventsthesprings' 106 `from functioning in this manner, but if the lock4 95 is driven from the disc 87 by poundingon the key plug or nose of the lock 95 through the'keyhole provided in the disc 87, the pin 97 will be driven from the apertures 98 and 99 and the springs V106 will retain the bolt 100 in its locked condition and drive the bar 101 back against the number of 'stores, et'c.-" Both keys 'mustV be used to 'obtain 'access to'ithecompartment D so that vnecessary change'for doing Vbusiness may bekept other articles oi' value. "collected is more than isnecessaryA to keep on Y embedded in said block and having a door-open- Compression springs 106 disposed in the bores 104 and 105 yieldingly. urge the bolt 'ing` disposed in a planeat an angle to the plane in which the first-mentioned door-opening is`- fpifn"v1-'08. v'IlfieF-'closurernember' G' -will 'thenv remain vlocked to the containerl 12.

vCo operatingv with the lbolt tollockthe vcloJ o. *sure memberfG to the container vr12 is `a ylpg 110 ysecured tothe'discS'I'by a'screw l1-l.r4 One end of 180 the lug-110 .is disposed lbehind the plate 15 `when (See Fgfs) lf 4an attempt is mad'e'to openthe 'closure Vmember -G' by removini;vv the bolts 34,. the

posts8'3 and the pin! 82,f'the lug 1 10'will prevent '.85 the right hand end (Fig. 310i *the closure ,mem ber- VAfrom being' displaced'relative to the plater 15. f The improved money-chest shown inthe drawings provides convenentmeans for safeguarding daily-,receipts of stores, theaters', "gas stations'etc.

`90 Asstated above, fone ofthe fkeys'for' the closure -m'ember'E is retainedon the premisesfwhile the other "is preferably'in vthe V'possession of some agency Vwhich 'makesdaily collections from a the money deposited therein may be removed. The compartment 1T' is accessible at all'times to the possessorl of the key on the, premises. The

100 in the compartment F, vand also the coupons, or

Whenever the money 1 hand to conduct the business, the excess amount 'of' moneyl is deposited in the compartment D 105 throughthe money slots 20 and 21. Therefore, in the event of a `holdup or a burglary, the loss will be limited," in most instances, to the'amount inthe` compartment F if the holder Vof the key v for the closure member Gis forced to open the 110 closure member.

Y Generally, lack f of time Will prevent unauthorized persons Yfrom even making anattempt to gain access to the compartment D.

While have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, ity is to be unde1' 115 sto'od'that itis capable of many modifications.`

Changes, therefore in the constructicn'andarrangement may be madeV without departing fromthe spirit and scope ofv the invention as `disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is 120 myintention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible, in View oftheA .prior art.

I claim: 1. A deposit-'safe block; a container embedded in said block and having a door-opening `accessible from one surface of the block, said container having -a slot extending through its wall; a second` container ing accessible from another surface of the block, said second container having aslot communcatving with said slot in the first-mentioned condisposed, said second y'container having a Vvslot communicating vwith said slot in the first-men.- tioned container; 'a lock-equippedclosure mem-' ber for the door-opening in the .inst-mentioned container; and a second lock-equipped closure-1150 comprising: arrl anchor member for the door-opening in said second container. Y l I A deposit-safe comprising: an anchor block;

a heavy-Walled container embedded in said blockV and having a door'opening,said container having a slot extending through its Wall andhaving a lug projecting inwardly beneath said slot; a second container provided in said block adjacent the first-mentioned container, said secondv container having a door-opening and a slot in its Wall communicating With the rst-mentioned slot; a closure member for the door-opening in the rst-mentioned container; and a. second closure member for the door-opening in the `second container.

4. A deposit-safe comprising: an anchor block; a heavy-Walled container projecting into said block from the top thereof and embedded therein, said container being open at its top and the Wall of said container being provided with a slot and a lug projecting inwardly beneath said slot; a closure member for said container; a`

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ber for said container; and a second container embedded in said block adjacent the first-mentioned container, said second container comprising a cylindrical wall; a plate Welded to said cylindrical'wall and provided with a door opening; a closure member for the last-mentioned dooropening; and a second plate Welded to said cylindrical Wall and provided With a slot communicating with the-i'hst-mentioned slot.

WILLIAM C. MILLER.

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